Superheater header



Nov. 20, 1928.

Y B. BROIDO ET AL- SUPERHEATER HEADER Filed Nov. 13, I926 By m ' ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES! PATENT OFFICE.

Barnum 3301130, on NEW Yoax.

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The invention relates to the of securin pipes or tubes to bhambersina detachab e manner and has particular reference to superheaters where the ends of tubular ele-L ments or units must be secured to headers. It has for its purposethe provision of improv means of this nature. Y

The invention is illustrated in the attached drawin where Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view, partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation, of a superheater header with the elements attached to it by our improved means; and Fig. 2 is a secional view on line' 22 of Fig. 1. p

The art of superheating employs extensive- 1y clamping means for securing the ends of tubular superheater elements or units into.

firm engagement with the headers from which they take, or to which they deliver steam. These means comprise a clamp with a central aperture through which the bolt or stud extends which draws the clamp toward the header. Where piping of ordinary commercial gauges'is used for header material, and

26 this stud is screwed into't-he header wall, certain difiiculties are encountered, which are pointed out in U. S. Patent 1,363,713,. granted on December 28, 1920, and which are overcome by the means protected by said patent.

to 'Thesedifiiculties are that the stud cannot .be

. securely screwed intowall'thicknesses such as referred to, and that the deformation of the ipe walls, as the nuts are drawn up causes urther trouble. I

The object of the present invention'is to provide means different from those of said patent, and under some conditions preferable to them.

If a header is made of pipe of sufiicient wall thickness, no such reinforcing bar as disclosed in the patent would be necessary. But to use pipe of the thickness required for this urpose would be rather a wasteful proceedmg as the thickness would be far beyond what 1 is required to withstand the l but avoids the disadvantages pointed out.

Referring to the drawing there are shown in Fig. 1 the ends 1-1 of tubular superheater elements which are to to the header 2. Thisheadcr 2 may .supply steam to, the elements-1 or the may deliver steam to it. 1 The other ends 0 the elements (not shown) may be secured to a corresponding header ed The ends of each element will be seen to have an enlarged head 3, the upper and lower surfaces 4 and 5' respectively, lying on the surface of a common sphere. The surface 4 engages a seat on the header wall from which an opening 6 extends through the wall to the interior of the header. The lower surface 5 of each head is enga ed by a washer 7 and p the lower surfaces of t ese washers 7 are en- Y gaged by the clamps 8. Each of these clamps has its ends -bifurcated and has an opening 9 through its center through which opening extends a stud 10. This stud 10 is screwed into the header wall as is clearly illustrated in the drawing. Its opposite end is also threaded and has a nut 11 on it. Between this nut 11 and the clamp, there is placed a washer 12. The unit or element ends can evidently be pulled up ti htly against the seats in the header wall y pulling up the nuts 11.

This construction for securing the ends of superheater elements to a header is not in itself novel, but has been in extensive use for some time. If the header wall is not thick enough the studs 10 will nothave suflicient anchora e, as pointed out, above, and will pull out when the nut 11 is tightened. In addition the tightening up of one nut will be like- 1y to affect the joint between the header and t e adjacent element ends. The means herein disclosed for obviating these difliculties are to make the header with a wall on'the side of which the units or elements are to be secured u thicker than the remaining portion of the walls. This appears clearly in the drawings, the wall bein much thicker at A than at B. The preferre manner in which this is accomplished is by making the pipe out. of a solid billet, boring a hole through it eccentrically with the outside. In some cases, it may be feasible to forge a rough blank for this purpose and boring the interior eccentri-. cally, although this is not the way in which we prefer to make the header. In this manner, it will be seen that sufiicient thickness of metal is provided for the studs, while the waste which would result in makin the walls of this thickness all around is avoi ed.-

What we claim is In apparatus for conveying fluid under pressure, in combination, an externally cylinthe clamping means and screwed into the drical header with an eccentric cylindrical thickestpart of said header, the thickness of bore therein'and a series of alined holes in the said part being at least 'equal to the efiective 10 thickest part thereof; tubular elements havstud diameter.

5 ing ends engaging said holes clamping means for holdin said element ends'in engagement BENJAMIN BROIDO. with said oles; and holding studs engaging RALPH M. SWARTZ. 

